Local Stock Desk reports market close gains
Dow ends at 21 987 56 up 39.46 points while NASDAQ moves to 6435.33 with a 6.67 rise. Stocks of local interest show modest gains across listed shares and indexes.
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CMS Energy Corp
Chemical Financial
Bancshares Hban
Oil Illinois Tool Works Inc
iTw
Johnson Controls Jci
Macatawa Bank Corp
MCBC
Magna International
Mead Johnson Min
TNC
Whirlpool Corporation
WHR
U.S. jobs growth slows in August as hiring rises 156k
U.S. payrolls expanded by 156000 in August while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 percent. June and July estimates were revised down by 41000 with the year’s average monthly gain at 176000, signaling steady but slower hiring in a nine year recovery.
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Washington
U.S
Labor Department
Conference Board
Houston
Arkema Plant Explosions Spark Industry Safety Debate
Explosions at Arkema's Crosby Texas facility after floodwaters from Harvey crippled power and cooling. 500000 pounds of unstable liquid organic peroxide will burn on site due to lack of cooling. Officials warn broader refinery and chemical plant damage could follow as regulators and industry face tougher scrutiny.
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Texas Chemical
Harvey
Crosby
Texas
Arkema Inc
Daryl Roberts
Bill Hoyle
U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Houston
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Sierra Club
Louisiana
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Andrea Morrow
U.S. Gulf Coast
Oil and Chemical
Michael Tadeo
American Petroleum Institute
Tadeo
Ity
Associated Press
American Chemistry Council
Arkema
Roberts
Eric Frumin
Federation of Labor Unions
Change To Win
Union Carbide
Hoyle
Chemical Safety Board
Michael Wilson
Blue Green Alliance
California Department of Industrial Relations
West
Mike Cossey
Bureau Veritas
Gregory Bull
U.S. stocks rise on modest August jobs data
U.S. stocks edged higher as the Labor Department reported 156,000 jobs added in August, a lighter gain than expected yet viewed as evidence of continued growth with tame inflation. Banks energy firms and automakers led as investors bet on slow rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and car sales supported by Gulf Coast flood rebuilding.
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New York
U.S
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Gulf Coast
Scott Equity
Wells Fargo Investment Institute
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